Caesar once said to Rabbi Tanchum, " Come, now, let us be one people.® "Very well,® said Rabbi Tanchum, "only we, being circumcised, cannot possibly become like you; if, however, ye become circumcised we shall be alike in that regard anyhow, and so be as one people.® The Emperor said, "Thou hast reasonably answered, but the Roman law is, that he who nonpulses his ruler and puts him to silence shall be cast to the lions.® The word was no sooner uttered than the Rabbi was thrown into the den, but the